bear arms

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bear arms

to carry weapons The court stated that the right of an individual to keep and bear arms is not guaranteed by the Second Amendment.

Usage notes: usually used in the phrases right to bear arms and keep and bear arms

See also: arm, bear

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In some governments the power is vested not only in those who bear arms, but also in those who have borne them. A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. The Bill Of Rights by History Documents View in context He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. The Declaration of Independence by History Documents View in context			be whistling Dixie be whistling in the dark be wide of the mark be wide open be wise to be with child be worlds apart be worried sick be worth a dime be worth a fig be worth a hill of beans be worth its weight in gold be worth the paper it's're printed on be worth while be writ large be written all over face be-all and end-all beam beam down Beam me up, Scotty! beam up bean bear bear a grudge bear a resemblance to bear arms bear cross bear down bear fruit bear in mind bear in mind that bear off bear on bear out bear testimony to bear the brunt bear the brunt of bear up bear watching bear with bear witness to beard beard in den beard the lion in his den bearing beast beat beat a dead horse beat a path to door beat a retreat beat about the bush			bear Bear (zoology) Bear (zoology) Bear (zoology) Bear (zoology) Bear (zoology) bear a grudge bear a grudge against bear a part bear a relation bear a relation bear a relation bear a relation bear a relation bear a relationship bear a relationship bear a relationship bear a relationship bear a relationship bear a resemblance bear a resemblance bear a resemblance bear a resemblance bear a resemblance bear a resemblance to bear a similarity bear a similarity bear a similarity bear a similarity bear a similarity bear arms Bear Artists Online bear away bear away Bear baiting Bear baiting Bear berry Bear berry Bear berry Bear Bond Bear Bonds bear bones bear bones bear bones system Bear Branch Junior High Bear Brook State Park Bear Brook Watershed in Maine Bear Butte Bear Butte International Alliance Bear Butte National Wildlife Refuge Bear Butte State Park Bear Canyon Neighborhood Association Bear Canyon Neighborhood Plan bear cat bear cat bear cat Bear Catching Fish Bear caterpillar Bear CD Bear CDs Bear Certificate of Deposit

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